David Becker - Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Professor: David Becker

Department: Law

College: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LAW507
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Extraordinary teacher- will scare the crap out of 1Ls and expects you to be both prepared and intelligent if he calls on you. That being said, he does not make you feel like an utter imbecile if you're not perfect, and is tremendously helpful if you ask questions one-on-one.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PROP1L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You people who whine about your poor exam scores (and thus hurting your chance at a 1L summer associate position) are the kind of d-bags that make lawschool miserable for normal people. Of course his class is hard--you think practicing law will be easy? If you want an easy time, go to B-school.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PRPTY1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Discussions in class were difficult, exam even more so. However, Prof. Becker's attitude was that it would be useless to make the class easy-actual property law was less important than the reasoning skills.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PROPSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hardest professor I ever had in my life, but also the best. I learned more about law from this man that I could have ever hoped for.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PRPTY1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Totally overrated. All show. Lerned so little about Propoerty, the law, legal reasoning, or law school.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I think Becker is a good prof. I can understand the negative criticism. It took me a while to warm up to him but in the end he really is a great prof from whom I learned a great deal. He is very helpful outside of class and bascially a very kind man although he is intimidating at first.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The epitmoe of a law school professor.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's in the top two of professors I've had in law school. His class is hard, but that's because he teaches legal analysis (and a little property) -- and that's a hard subject to learn.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: LANDLORDTENANT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof can't give a clear answer. We'd ask questions, he'd ramble. He'd approve seminar topic and then retract months later. I don't understand why so many students privately detest his teaching and then publically laud him.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This man taught me most of what I leared about how to examine cases and think about the common law. You will only really learn future intersts, but you will also learn how to form an argument. It wont be clear if you are not thinking about clearly.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Just because a class is difficult or certain students could not succeed in the class does not justify some of the ratings submitted here. Professor Becker is a professor that seeks to teach a thought process rather than subject matter. Students that "don't get it" will find that they probably shouldn't be practicing law in the first place.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY1L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Becker is usually incomprehensible even before "lunch". His questions were interspered within a rambling ten minute speech. Ask for clarification and he'll go through the speech again. The final sucked: computer users forced to hand write first and then transcribe to paper.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of 2 best professors in entire law school. Taught me how to think like an attorney. It is hard, buit then so are most things worth achieving. Any attorney not using the skills he teaches must be practicing traffic law.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This professor gave the most unfair exam I have ever taken. What a complete and total jerk.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I agree with the negative comments expressed above.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The guy is a jerk on a power trip.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

While the subject matter is not easy to understand, he does teach you the skills needed to survive law school, not to mention the pesky socratic method.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Becker will force you to develop your analytical thinking abilities; nothing prepares you better for the rest of law school and the profession.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The man is an egotistical blow-hard who says nothing clearly but would like you to believe he is a genius.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PROPERTY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Becker is a great teacher- but prepared to be twisted and turned around so that you are not even sure if you are speaking English